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George Brown College growing the grassroots

Sep 30, 2013

The George Brown Huskies celebrated volleyball month this year by visiting Upper Canada College in Toronto to work with their 14U and 12U teams. On Wednesday September 25th the Huskies joined the UCC Blues 14U team to help them…

Resources for Parents

May 15, 2013

The Canadian Sport for Life website has a wealth of information for parents. Check out these three resource materials designed specifically to support parents: LTAD: Information for Parents, Quality Sport Checklist and Sport Parents Guide can all be found…

Kids Booklet

Mar 12, 2013

Tip from Adam Simac, national team player

Mar 11, 2013

"As a middle blocker, try and think like the opposing setter. Think about where your team's perceived weaknesses/strengths are with your blockers and where their strengths lie with their attackers. Make a mental note of what the opposing setter…

Tip from Blair Bann, national team player

Feb 11, 2013

Tip from Adam Kaminski, national team player

Jan 28, 2013

"What got you here, won't get you there", referring to never being satisfied with any accomplishment until you've reached your ultimate goal. Also, whatever steps one takes to achieve one goal may require a completely different path to…

Tip from Amanda Bakker, FTC player

Jan 21, 2013

« Nothing that is worthwhile comes easy, don't forget that. That feeling of hard work and pride only comes to those who work for it, remember- you cannot buy that feeling, no matter how wealthy you are ».…

Dec 04, 2012

FTC female athletes in the community

Nov 27, 2012

"On November 16th, Tricia and I had the opportunity to work with Henry G Izatt Middle school's girls volleyball team, where we shared our individual experiences, history with volleyball and how we have gotten to where we are today.…

Nov 26, 2012

"Kristi, your message to the kids was inspiring and you had about 250 kids quiet for 15 minutes! That is an accomplishment in itself! Also, the part of the night that impressed me the most was at the end…

Tip from Rudy Verhoeff, FTC player

Nov 19, 2012

Team Canada Women’s Volleyball School Program

Nov 19, 2012

Team Canada Women’s Volleyball School Program visits Ecole Charleswood Junior High Team Canada Women’s Volleyball School program, presented in co-operation with Volleyball Manitoba made a second visit to west Winnipeg at Ecole Charleswood School. A member of the…

FTC female athletes in the community

Nov 13, 2012

During the month of October, FTC athletes participated in two activites in order to promote the National Volleyball Month. 1 On October 24th, one of the FTC athletes - Kaiva Mateus, and one of the B team…

Tip from Allen Meek, FTC player

Nov 05, 2012

Involvement of the FTC athletes in the community

Oct 29, 2012

In the last few weeks, the athletes of the Full-time Training Centre (FTC) in Gatineau supported the Volleyball Canada Development Model. Through the initiative of the National Volleyball Month (NVM), they proudly represented our volleyball promotion strategy in the…

National Volleyball Month - Huskies

Oct 23, 2012

On September 26th the Men’s Varsity Volleyball Team hosted athletes from Bloor Collegiate Institute as a part of National Volleyball Month. The athletes from Bloor joined the Huskies in their Wednesday night practice and participated in drills along side…

September is National Volleyball Month

Aug 27, 2012

Team Canada - Inspiring the next generation

Mar 12, 2012

Tiffany Dodds and I (Julie Young) recently made an appearance at the Jr. High Province wide tournament. We watched three matches and were impressed with the level of play, some of the rallies were long and many had 3…

VCCE Programs Underway

Sep 12, 2011

Volleyball Canada has officially launched 6 Volleyball Centre of Excellence programs around the province of BC this September. This new program, designed for high performance youth athletes has opened in strategic locations throughout BC including Victoria, Richmond, Abbotsford, Langley, Kelowna…

Second Contact by Julien Boucher

Sep 09, 2011

The Second Contact in Volleyball

It is mathematically impossible to win a set by scoring points uniquely through our service reception phase. Hence, the importance of a coherent counter-attack and the need for perfect execution after successfully defending…